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Debian DSA-308-1 : gzip - insecure temporary files

low Nessus Plugin ID 15145

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Paul Szabo discovered that znew, a script included in the gzip package, creates its temporary files without taking precautions to avoid a symlink attack (CAN-2003-0367).

The gzexe script has a similar vulnerability which was patched in an earlier release but inadvertently reverted.

Solution

For the stable distribution (woody) both problems have been fixed in version 1.3.2-3woody1.

For the old stable distribution (potato) CAN-2003-0367 has been fixed in version 1.2.4-33.2. This version is not vulnerable to CVE-1999-1332 due to an earlier patch.

We recommend that you update your gzip package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-308

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 15145

File Name: debian_DSA-308.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gzip, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/6/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/28/1998

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-1999-1332, CVE-2003-0367

BID: 7845, 7872

DSA: 308